a memorial for all wars: the Polynational War Memorial
 

OTHER RESOURCES

This new section includes links to other collections on the web similar to this project and to texts that one way or the other deals with memorials or war. You are warmly welcome to contribute to the database. Please visit this page first.

COLLECTIONS

 

Memorials in Berlin

A list of memorials in Berlin, which is far from complete but nevertheless a start for those who plan to visit the German capital.

 

War Memorials Wiki

A Wiki for collection of information of war memorials: "The purpose of this wiki is to provide a space for people to collect details of war memorials in the United Kingdom and other countries".

 

Sites of Memory website

A site which includes a comprehensive link library over foremost european memorials. Statement: The main purpose of this site is educational. Students of history can come here to research "sites of memory" and, hopefully, learn to "deconstruct" and better understand their origins and cultural purposes.

 

Grief and Loss Resource Centre

Statement: Welcome to the "War Memorials" page. The pages linked here honour those who sacrificed their lives serving their countries and humanity during war and in peace - especially in peacekeeping; innocent victims of war's cruelty and the victims of The Holocaust.. It is intended to be a place to honour the memories, the sacrifices, and the loss.

 

The Living War Memorial blog

A blog for Sara Stiber and Andreas Eriksson's exam project for Intarction Design at Malmö University that examined the future of web exhibitions by using my project as an example.

 

A People Remembers

This comprehensive website documents commemorative sites, memorials and monuments for fallen Israelis in Israel and elsewhere in the world.

 

Various Russian Military Websites

A collection of links to various Russian military websites and databases that may be of special interest for those who want to search missing or killed soldiers from world war II. Some are filtered trough Google's translation service.

soldat.ru : comprehensive site focused on WWII
afgan.ru: website for veterans of the Afghan War
Russian Army homepage
Google search for lost soldiers

 

TEXTS AND ARTICLES

 

CAIN Web Service, 'Memorials to the Casualties of Conflict: Northern Ireland 1969 to 1997'

by Jane Leonard (1997) | Excerpts from a report by the author Jane Leonard, published by the Community Relations Council. The report is a survey of existing and planned war memorials in Northern Ireland and has been a very helpful resource for this project.

 

No ‘final solution’ to the memory problem

by Anders Hřg Hansen | Article about Peter Eisenman's Holocaust Memorial in Berlin published in the Swedish online magazine Glocal Times.

 

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NEWS AND FEATURES

Le Mémorial in Caen - Narratives of War and Peace | 2009-11-18

New Video: Full Interview with Peter Tonkin | 2009-09-02

Excerpt from Part 3: the Interfaith Centre | 2009-05-03

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